Newsom is not a good choice, they tried to recall him with merit, it didn't fail because he was a good candidate, it failed because half the people trying to recall him were doing it because MAGA and his biggest opponent was a wacko that dragged a bear across the state as a PR stunt. After that recall failed he pushed a bunch of liberal programs and policies he's been fighting to get a good name.
He is not a good candidate he will do whatever he thinks will garner support, yes that means in some cases he passes things beneficial, but he doesn't care. You stop being an important enough voting block and he'll drop those promises like a hot potato.